Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited is pleased to present the eighth annual Global Powers of Consumer Products. This report identifies the 250 largest consumer products companies around the world based on publicly available data for the fiscal year 2013 (encompassing companies’ fiscal years ended through June 2014).

The report also provides an outlook on the global economy, a look at market capitalization and merger & acquisition activity in the industry, and geographic and sector analysis. There is a section devoted to the "Q Ratio," which is a way of measuring non-tangible business assets such as brand equity and customer loyalty. The report also includes a special discussion on the importance of connecting with the connected consumer -- those customers who are actively engaged with each other and with the marketplace to an unprecedented degree.

Global Powers of Consumer Products 2015

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This infographic summarizes why, more than ever, consumer products companies must directly engage with consumers. One important reason is that consumers are talking – all the time, everywhere – and it is they, not companies, who increasingly own the conversation about products and services. Consumers are critics and evangelists and curators. The old model, where communication was one-way and under the control of companies, is very nearly a thing of the past. The supply-driven world has become a demand-driven world where the consumer is in charge.

Global Powers of Consumer Products 2015

Global Powers of Consumer Products 2015

The seventh annual Global Powers of Consumer Products report identifies the 250 largest consumer products companies around the world based on publicly available data. The report also provides an outlook for the global economy, an analysis of market capitalization in the industry, a look at M&A activity in the consumer products sector, and a discussion of major trends affecting consumer products companies.

The sixth annual Global Powers of Consumer Products report identifies the 250 largest consumer products companies around the world based on publicly available data. The report also provides an outlook for the global economy, a discussion of major trends affecting consumer products companies, and a Q ratio analysis.

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